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GLOSSARY. 



SOLIDULA, soll-idd-youll-ah, rather 

 solid. 



SOLIDUS, solly-dus, I 



SOLIDA, soUy-dah, > solid. 



SOLIDUM, solly-dum, ) 



Species, spee-shees, the last or 

 lowest division in the classifica- 

 tion of created things ; the indi- 

 viduals which collectively form a 

 genus. 



Specific, spe-siffik, that which 

 constitutes or belongs to a spe- 

 cies. 



SPH>ERiiD^,spheery-id-ee, a family 

 of freshwater bivalve molluscs. 



Sph^rium, spheery-um, a ball or 

 sphere. 



Spire, in univalve shells all the 

 whorls except the last or body- 

 whorl. 



Spirorbis, spire-orbis, having a 

 rounded spire. 



Splendens, splen-dens, bright, 

 shining. 



Spore, the seed of flowerless plants. 



Stagnalis, stag-nay-liss, living in 

 stagnant water. 



Stri^, stri-ee, slender thread-like 

 lines. 



Striate, stri-ate ; Striated, stri- 

 ate-ed, having slender lines. 



Sub, in composition means almost, 

 somewhat, under, &c. ; as sub- 

 globular, somewhat globular. 



Subaperta, sub-ap-urt-ah, some- 

 what open. 



SUBCYLINDRICA, sub-sill-indrik-ah, 

 somewhat cylindrical. 



Sub-genus, a subordinate or infe- 

 rior genus, a lower division of a 

 genus. 



Subglobosa, sub-glo-bo-sah, some- 

 what rounded. 



Submaritima, sub-mar-ittim-ah, 

 living near the sea, but not quite 

 close to it. 



Submerge, sub-merj, to put under 

 water. 



Subrufa, sub-roof-ah, somewhat 

 red. 



Subscalaris, sub - skay - lare - iss, 

 somewhat scalariform, resembling 

 a ladder or stairs. 



Substriata, sub-stri-ate-ah, some- 

 what striated, or marked with 

 slender lines. 



SucciNEA, suk-sinny-ah, amber- 

 colour. 



SucciNE^FORMis, suk - sinny - 6- 

 formiss, shaped like Succinea. 



Sulcate, sul-kate; Sulcated, sul- 

 kate-ed, furrowed. 



Super, soop-er, above, over, be- 

 yond, &c., as superstructure, that 

 which is raised or built upon or 

 above something ; supernatural, 

 beyond the usual laws of nature, 

 miraculous. 



Suture, soot-your, literally, a sew- 

 ing together, a seam ; in Concho- 

 lagy, the hollow line which sepa- 

 rates the whorls of univalve shells. 



Synonym, sinno-nim, a word or 

 name which has the same meaning 

 as another. Two names given to 

 the same thing are said to be 

 synonymous^ sin-onny-mus. 



T. 



Tenellus, ten-ellus, tender. 



TENTACULATA,ten-tak-you-late-ah, 

 having tentacles. 



Tenuis, tennyou-iss, thin, slender. 



Terrestrial, terr - resstry - al, 

 Earthly, belonging to the Earth ; 

 applied to species which live on 

 the land, in contradistinction to 

 those which are aquatic, or in- 

 habit the water. 



Tesselated, tessel-ate-ed, chequer- 

 ed, variegated like a chessboard 

 with alternate colours. 



Testacella, testah-sella, little 

 shell. 



Testacellid^, testah-sel-id-ee, a 

 family of land molluscs. 



Testaceous, tess-tayshus, shelly, 

 composed of shelly matter. 



Tincta, tink-tah, dyed. 



